<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Closed Captioning for Flash</DIV><DIV>March 16th, 2007</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>While Flash is..well, Flashy…it does pose a number of accessibiliy problems for us web publishers. If a user can’t use your Flash site’s interface because of some disability, then they aren’t going to be able to use your site. However our friends across the river are working on ways to make Flash a little better for the world…<BR></DIV><DIV>WGBH has created “CC for Flash” to simplify captioning<BR> for Adobe Flash technology. With this new (and free!) tool,<BR> developers are able to more easily add captions in Flash. Now,<BR> millions of users who are deaf or hard of hearing will be better able<BR> to experience Web-based video in Flash, and search engines will be<BR> better able to access the contents of the captions on the video. Read<BR> more about this brand new tool at our site, <A href="http://ncam.wgbh.org/news/">http://ncam.wgbh.org/news/</A><BR> ccforflash.html</DIV><DIV><BR> (thanks, Barbara!)</DIV><BR><DIV>to comment on this post, visit the webpub blog at <A href="https://webpub.mit.edu/?p=24">https://webpub.mit.edu/?p=24</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`</DIV><DIV>Lisa Mayer :: Consultant</DIV><DIV>DCAD :: Database Development Services</DIV><DIV>MIT :: Information Services & Technology</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:lmayer@mit.edu">lmayer@mit.edu</A> :: 617-452-4225 </DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>